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Life Cycle Management in a Democracy - Bihar as a Case Study

Life Cycle Management in a Democracy - Bihar as a Case Study When we were first exposed to the concepts of Life Cycle Management in books, we never realized that the applications could be applied to so many diverse things. Well,on anything that qualifies as a brand. The concept said, that brands have to reinvent newer benefits to the consumer, else, they would taper out in favour of others. How will that happen is just a matter of technicality. Well, Chennai rained on 22nd Nov, and the much awaited India South Africa OD cricket match was a washout, but the best scores that day emerged was from Bihar. A headline in a newspaper here in Chennai said "Lalu looses, India wins". Well, perceptions on a brand.Once again, the same principles apply to the new brand. And I hope the new leadership reads these principles from a Kotler so that they do not suffer the same fate as the previous rulers of Patliputra. For that matter, those who rule the other states as well. (Image Courtesy: w

FROM THE 'SETS' OF THE MOVIE 'GANDHI'

I took this picture from a train as it ambled its way over the bridge on the river Son near Patna (Exact location Koilwar or Koelwar as you choose to spell it) Discerning folks will recall the scene in the movie 'Gandhi' where a steam loco driven train halts on this bridge(from where this picture is taken) and passengers, including Gandhiji go down to the river. It is a very touching scene as Gandhiji notices a poor lady trying to cover her body with whatever little clothes she could afford and Gandhiji quietly letting go of a cloth that was on his shoulder so that the flow of the water leads the cloth to the lady. I have crossed this bridge so many times and it feels so serene and calm at this place. Only that this is not the movie set, but the location of one of the historical experiences of

WWW.BHOPAL.COM

A casual attempt on the web at typing www.bhopal.com in a browser reveals that the domain www.bhopal.com is being used by Union Carbide as a propaganda platform. Pray, what business has UC has with Bhopal now? Any Bhopali (govt of private) interested in taking it to ICANN? Well, should I say UCANN?!!